IPS panels deliver living color and wide-angle sightsN Series notebooks arrive with ultra-crisp IPS screens that enhance color definition, brightness, and contrast. Going up to full HD, they resist reflections using matte coating, which also repels fingerprints.

In addition to color accuracy and lifelike visuals, N Series panels ensure wider viewing angles so you can share screens with family, friends, or colleagues. The 15.6" N550 delivers 178-degree enjoyment, with colors and clarity remaining consistent from nearly any direction.

New N Series notebooks are the first with a quad-speaker array. This generates spacious and cinematic-quality surround. And for deep bass, you get the bundled external SonicMaster subwoofer, which pumps out thumping low notes.

Multi-mode AudioWizard gives you sound controlCreate sound profiles that match your favorite applications. One-click adjustments put you in command of audio, plus you can opt for one of the ready-made presets: Music, Movie, Recording, Gaming, and Speech. AudioWizard with MaxxAudio Master cover all your listening needs with intricate settings, another aspect of N Series performance as a true sound system.

With ASUS Super Hybrid Engine II technology, true 2-second on instant on resume from sleep mode brings you back into everything with smartphone-like immediacy, and you can rely on 2-week standby with auto data backups.

Super cool with dual rear-venting thermal designNever worry about heat, as the new N Series features large-scale cooling with dual fans, twin heatpipes, and big vents that keep temperatures low even during the most intense action for guaranteed stability.

The large dual exhausts expel heat and noise out the back of the notebook, leading to quieter and cooler environments as well as stable performance even in the face of heavy system loads while gaming or engaged in other high-demand applications.

USB 3.0 is ten times faster!All-USB 3.0 ports mean content transfers up to ten times faster than with USB 2.0. Imagine moving a file the size of a 50GB Blu-ray movie in less than two minutes ? goodbye waiting around. USB 3.0 isn't just quicker, it's also more reliable, stable, and higher-powered than USB 2.0. Using ASUS USB Charger+, mobile device batteries can be topped up in far less time than was previously required.

Smooth and smart intuitive touchscreenThe most advanced touch panels are available for N Series notebooks. Advanced touch panels are perfect for Windows 8 and its touch-friendly interface, offering extreme precision and quick response by surpassing industry standards in terms of touch fidelity, accuracy, and latency reduction. While Windows 8 has been designed for 9mm touch detection, N Series panels increase that resolution to 6mm. This is true "touch to make it happen", whether writing, gaming, browsing, or socializing.

We rethought even the touchpadYour input is augmented several ways on N Series multimedia notebooks. The big multi-point touchpads use exclusive ASUS Smart Gesture technology, allowing the full range of Windows 8 motion input right at your fingertips. They also eliminate annoying erroneous input with palm rejection technology.

Hands-off fun with Leap MotionDo more with N Series in the most instinctive way ? by using your hands. Leap Motion is an incredibly accurate and completely contactless motion sensor that lets your hands become the controller. N Series are the first multimedia notebooks to include this innovative technology.

Navigate your favorite applications with a wave of your hand or have fun by using Leap Motion's fingertip-level accuracy to paint pictures, conduct music or play games.

Your own cloud: store, share, and sync with easeWith ASUS WebStorage, you have easy storage, sharing, and syncing of everything from business presentations to photo albums and favorite multimedia content. Each N Series notebook comes with 32GB of WebStorage free for three years, and offers you the MyBitCast app so you can easily sync your content to multiple devices and accounts.